Following is a wrapup of latest media stories on the UN Climate Summit in New York

UN News Centre: Ban hails ‘bold’ announcements on tackling climate change as historic UN summit closes

Bold new actions to immediately tackle climate change were announced today by Government, business, finance and civil society leaders attending a historic Climate Summit convened by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has long urged workable solutions based on “clear vision anchored in domestic and multinational actions.”

BBC News: UN climate summit: China pledges emissions action

China has pledged for the first time to take firm action on climate change, telling a UN summit that its emissions, the world's highest, would soon peak. Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli also said China would make its economy much more carbon efficient by 2020.

The New York Times: Companies Are Taking the Baton in Climate Change Efforts

With political efforts to slow global warming moving at a tortuous pace, some of the world’s largest companies are stepping into the void, pledging more support for renewable energy, greener supply chains and fresh efforts to stop the destruction of the world’s tropical forests.

The Guardian: Climate change summit: world leaders told to 'step up ambition'

The widow of Nelson Mandela punctured the self-congratulatory mood of the UN summit on Tuesday, saying world leaders had failed to rise to the challenge of climate change.

The New York Times: U.N. Climate Summit Harvests a Host of Commitment (opinion)

It’s heartening to review the summary of governmental and private climate and energy commitments compiled by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the end of his daylong climate change summit. They range from a substantial new push to reduce and eventually eliminate forest loss to boosted investment in a planned clean-energy corridor in Africa.

The Independent: Climate Change Summit: World leaders reach fragile consensus on global warming

Against the boisterous backdrop of the marches for action on global warming in New York and other cities on Sunday, the Climate Change summit featured a parade of prime ministers and presidents offering funds and vowing to be united in time for the end of next year when a new global treaty on emissions will have to be struck in Paris.

Global Post: Peru's Humala expects "coherent" draft to emerge from Lima climate talks

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala said Tuesday that he is confident December's climate change meeting in Lima will produce a "clear and coherent" document ready for signing at a 2015 gathering in Paris.

RTCC: Society has “mobilised” against climate change – Hollande

France president Francois Hollande said society had “mobilised” against climate change on a day when over 120 world leaders gathered in New York to back plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Hollande said the world was ready for a “new model of development” which priced carbon, divested backing for fossil fuels and directed funding towards green energy sources.

Dhaka Tribune: PM stresses need for united effort to fight climate change

Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries as lives and livelihoods of millions of Bangladeshis are challenged due to climate change Bangladesh has demanded a robust commitment from the developed countries and others to address the impact caused by the climate change.

China Daily: China reaffirms resolve to fight climate change

China on Tuesday reiterated its commitment to the common battle against climate change and pledged to help boost South-South cooperation in dealing with the global threat

Washington Examiner: Financial pledges to developing countries fall short as climate summit ends

Nations pledged $1.3 billion toward a United Nations fund designed to help developing countries adapt to the effects of climate change, but the program is still far short of its $10 billion goal for the year. Observers had hoped some countries would step up to fully stock the Green Climate Fund, which nations created in 2010. They were left disappointed Tuesday as the new contributions brought total funding to $2.3 billion as officials left the U.N. climate summit.

Vibe Ghana: Kufuor advocates effective education on climate change

Former Ghana President John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday called on world leaders to scale up education on climate change as its neglect could have negative repercussions on survival.

The Fresno Bee: Jerry Brown defends cap-and-trade, calls for further climate change action at U.N.

Gov. Jerry Brown, appealing to world leaders for joint action on climate change, issued a forceful defense Tuesday of plans to expand California’s cap-and-trade program to vehicle fuels next year.